So we’ve got a lotta chocolate going on. And I’m so in love with s’mores that I’ll probably eat fifty and wind up with marshmallow all over my face. Anyway, now that we don’t have a wedding cake on the menu, I have to come up with some sort of acceptable alternative to cut and feed each other. We’ll get the iconic photos as well as placate the FMIL. Or maybe I should just call her FML? Anywhoodle. I was totally on board with something like this:

A super cute assortment of pies, all the ones I love. Pecan and apple and peach and buttermilk and you-name-it! We have $125 to go crazy with pie. Three dessert choices seems like more than enough. Plus, we can still put a very fancy-looking pie on a cake-plate and toss on our topper. That is, until I laid eyes on this baby:

A Rice Krispies cake?!? For the realz? That’s kind of the best thing ever. And it seems pretty darn simple to make; I’d just have to wrangle up containers of the right size to make the proportions look right. I’d want a circular one, of course, and most likely 2 tiers. Plus, making it is fifty trillion times easier than baking and decorating a cake. Let’s make a comparison list, shall we?

I’ve seen that photo of the rice crispies cake before and while I do think it’s a really cool unique idea.. I’m not sure too many people would enjoy actually eating it. Maybe I’m wrong but I bet a lot of guests including the older folk would like eating the pie better.

Pie > Cake, so I vote for the pie bar! With pie, there’s always something for everyone. I’d just make sure I’d get more servings of pie then I would account for with cake, because with pie, people are likely to want to try multiple flavors.

I love Rice Krispie Treats!!!! As in… L.O.V.E. But I think people will feel more satisfied with pie. I mean, you can eat a pan of Rice Krispie Treats (or, I should say *I* can eat a pan of them), but one slice of pie is pretty filling.

I vote pie bar just because I would be worried that the krispies bar would need to be pretty hard to keep that cake shape.

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Laura,
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08/20/10 @ 1:23 pm

I talked to a woman whose daughter went the Rice Krispie cake route. They made it the day before the wedding and covered it well, but apparently it got really hard! When they went to cut the “cake” they literally had to saw their way through to cut out a piece.

If you’re looking for another inexpensive alternative–
For our wedding we got cheesecake at Costco and had the caterer put on a topping on each slice for guests (guests could choose what they wanted). For about 40 people it cost $60-ish and we had some leftover. We decorated one of the cheesecakes with some little leftover flowers so it looked nice in pictures. It tasted delicious, too!

bahahaha how has no one commented on the genius “FML” statement??! Kudos, Ms. SD
Back on track though, I love the rice krispies idea, but I do feel like pie would be more substantial, and, because I love to eat, I vote the substantial route.

OMG. OH. EM. GEE. Rice Krispies cake? For serious?! That’s awesome!! HOWEVER, as much as I would love it and think it is a super-groovy idea, I’m not sure it’s the best idea for a wedding. I mean, those suckers are hard to eat. Can you imagine trying to cut that? And the older folks may not appreciate the chewiness of it. So while I love it, I think the pie display is probably a better idea for this. Rice Krispies cake for your birthday, though? Hells yeah.

Rice Krispie cake! I like that it’s so originial, and think it meshes well with the s’mores – if that makes sense. It will also make an awesome base for your topper. Much more impressive than a pastry frisbee.

Fun, unique and easy. After all the suffering you’ve endured at the hands of the Cricut, I think you deserve to let this one go a little bit if you want. You have two other desserts, one of which is actual cake, so I don’t think you need to worry about whether Rice Krispies are “substantial” enough.

Plus, pie isn’t, to my mind, as easy as it seems. Store bought versions smush easily, you still have to buy cake stands, and unless there’s a microwave handy, they might be kinda cold by the end of the evening. Eating it while standing is also kind of a challenge.

Ok, I love the Rice Krispies idea. And I also love pie. I’m torn. And if you’re still pondering cake (you know, to add another option), Sam’s makes ridiculously good cake. Had one for the first time a few weeks ago and thought it cake from an individual bakery.

I love love loooove the rice krispies idea. You could even do a toppings bar, maybe? Or fondue fountains with white, milk, and/or dark chocolate to put the “slices” under? However, as pp’s have said, I would get concerned about it getting very hard very fast. It would take some research and possibly a few trial runs to test it out and see what would work. If that sounds like too much of a hassle, pie is definitely a GREAT alternative. I don’t think you can go wrong either way.

Can’t you do both?!?! The rice krispie treat cake is soooo awesome but might be pleasing to all guests but it seems like it would be mega cheap to make, thus leaving leftover money for some pies as well!

Both are such great ideas! And I love that both arent too expensive. I think the pie would be the more general crowd pleaser but the rice krispies looked so cool and are really unique, I think I would try them!

MMMM Rice Krispy treats!!! The only thing I like more about the pie bar is that there is more variety in case people don’t like them. But I absolutely adore rice krispy treats, so I wouldn’t mind not having variety!

I voted for pie. I think it’s more fun with all the flavors and you can dress the pie bar up more!

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SusieQ,
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08/20/10 @ 11:56 pm

My cousin had a Rice Krispie cake at her wedding last year. The layers were so thick (well, not that thick, just as thick as a regular wedding cake) that it was RIDICULOUSLY hard to cut and serve. But it tasted SOOOO good.

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SusieQ,
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08/20/10 @ 11:59 pm

So maybe a Rice Krispie cake that has several thin layers instead of two thick ones would be easier to cut?… I don’t know…